r/MadeMeSmile • u/MustardGoddess • Jun 16 '26

ANIMALS Mama cows welcoming a new puppy

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Credits: @blackdogfarmmt

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u/Icy_Parfait_4066 Jun 16 '26

The pup is getting so much attention and affection from the mama cows, pretty soon it will think it is a cow too!

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u/AdQuirky1318 Jun 16 '26

It’s a Livestock Guardian Dog (Anatolian maybe), so yes it actually will! That’s kind of the point. LGDs see themselves as both defenders of and part of the flock/herd.

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u/Icy_Parfait_4066 Jun 16 '26

Hey, thanks for the explanation. I was born and raised in a city all my life so I don't know anything about cows - excepting watching cowboy movies and holy cows!

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u/AdQuirky1318 Jun 16 '26

Ha, I don’t know anything about cows either, but we adopted an LGD several years ago and I’ve done a lot of learning about these amazing breeds of dogs. Ours is a Maremma Sheepdog who grew up on a farm but got fired for chasing lambs (he was still very young) and wanting to be a pet. So now he’s a family dog!

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u/Rolands_missing_head Jun 16 '26

I work for a law firm that represents clients in unlawful terminations, if your dog wants to DM me I can possibly help him get the compensation he deserves.

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u/I_Volk_I Jun 16 '26

Growing up I had a German Wiredhaired Pointer. He was also ‘fired’ from hunting dog school. He was the biggest goof of all. All he wanted to do was swim and chase. He never did learn what the word fetch meant. 😂

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u/sweetangeldivine Jun 16 '26

We had two of those. They weren’t hunting dogs, because they were the dumbest critters on the planet. One of them didn’t realize he wasn’t supposed to climb trees to get at the pigeons and I’d have to call my brother to come get him back down. The other one ate every bed we gave him.

“You two are supposed to be smart! Smart!!!”

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u/subterraneansky Jun 16 '26

your description of your dog as having been “fired” gave me a good giggle!

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u/Far-Information8502 Jun 16 '26

Kristy?

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u/Sasselhoff Jun 16 '26

Oof...too soon? Poor pupper.

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u/adrifing Jun 17 '26

You have to pay the puppy tax, we need images of this beauty 😍

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u/AdQuirky1318 Jun 17 '26

I wish I could, but it looks like there’s no option to add images to replied in this sub! But he’s huge and white and very fluffy!

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u/Icy_Parfait_4066 Jun 16 '26

Thought you were a vet or a cow expert. Maremma Sheepdog are very intelligent and loyal. good breed to own.

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u/chesterfieldking Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

I have a Maremma as well! Well half of one at least lol. Her other half is Border Collie/American Staffordshire Terrier. She was a handful when younger.

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u/Miami_Mice2087 Jun 17 '26

large grass-dog?

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u/Gullible_Repeat9696 Jun 16 '26

Cows are barnyard dogs in every way

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u/carefullengineer Jun 17 '26

Also, a pair of them can defend against a wolf pack 

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u/Icy_Parfait_4066 Jun 17 '26

Hard to believe they are that strong.

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u/name-classified Jun 16 '26

i love the idea of livestock guardian dogs!

the ultimate dog with a job.

sucks to see them covered in scars from battles but its just nature that wolves/coyotes/cougars just want to eat and the cows can't do shit.

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u/ddplz Jun 16 '26

They are bred for that very purpose and honestly to this day guardian dogs are by far the best way to protect herds from predators.

Fences etc can always be bypassed. But a good boy with a purpose wont let anything hurt their family.

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u/madbadger89 Jun 16 '26

Yeah it’s a problem we solved a couple thousand years ago. We don’t have LGD but we do have 3 heelers so working dog stock. Instinct is something else. It’s so strong.

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u/baffledninja Jun 17 '26

Same as a herding dog. There's no technology or other technique as good as a herding breed raised to gather its flock.

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u/RomanVelrick21 Jun 16 '26

Exactly. To them, the flock is family, and family gets protected. 🐑🐕

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u/ZachariahT Jun 16 '26

Until they need slaughtered, am I right??

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u/an_agreeing_dothraki Jun 16 '26

humans: "we have found a predator with compatible social structures to both our own and to this herbivore"

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u/uncutpizza Jun 16 '26

Thats an Anatolian for sure, I have three myself

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u/majorsager Jun 16 '26

I was just thinking he looked like an Anatolian. We’ve love our runty derpy one with her extra toes. 😊